Here is my latest Mandala-patter painting. Take a look and tell me what you see.
-Jason Arcand
www.littleenandbigen.com
Wednesday, April 18, 2007
Mandalla-patter 15 by Jason Arcand
Here is my latest Mandala-patter painting. Take a look and tell me what you see.
-Jason Arcand
www.littleenandbigen.com
Tuesday, April 17, 2007
Pyongyang by Guy Delisle
Pyongyang by Guy Delisle. Published by Drawn and Quarterly
Publish
How much plot does a story need. Obviously, a story does not need any plot to exist. A writer or artist could just type some words onto a page and claim it is some kind of da-da experiment. It is a story, albeit an unreadable story. So how much plot does a story need to thrive. Pyongyang reqired only the simplest of plots. An animator goes to North Korea to supervise some animation. Book opens with the animator flying into North Korea. It ends with him leaving. Yet most of the book is not even concerned with the animation. Guy Delisle fills the book with details about North Korea. Plot acts as the skeleton for the true flesh of the story. The details form muscle, skin, and the sexy curves of the story. I began to read and soon find myself dancing with the story. I was slow dancing before I even realized it.
-Jason Arcand
www.littleenandbigen.com
Publish
How much plot does a story need. Obviously, a story does not need any plot to exist. A writer or artist could just type some words onto a page and claim it is some kind of da-da experiment. It is a story, albeit an unreadable story. So how much plot does a story need to thrive. Pyongyang reqired only the simplest of plots. An animator goes to North Korea to supervise some animation. Book opens with the animator flying into North Korea. It ends with him leaving. Yet most of the book is not even concerned with the animation. Guy Delisle fills the book with details about North Korea. Plot acts as the skeleton for the true flesh of the story. The details form muscle, skin, and the sexy curves of the story. I began to read and soon find myself dancing with the story. I was slow dancing before I even realized it.
-Jason Arcand
www.littleenandbigen.com
Monday, April 16, 2007
Doctor Illuminatus by Martin Booth
Doctor Illuminatus by Martin Booth
I found the book too easy to read but I read it anyway. I read it for the part of me that still is a fifth-grader. Sometimes you have to read for who you want to be. Othertimes you have to read for who you used to be.
-Jason Arcand
www.littleenandbigen.com
I found the book too easy to read but I read it anyway. I read it for the part of me that still is a fifth-grader. Sometimes you have to read for who you want to be. Othertimes you have to read for who you used to be.
-Jason Arcand
www.littleenandbigen.com
Friday, April 13, 2007
The Peacefull Warrior
The Peacefull Warrior.
Viewed at the Kerasotes Theatres in New Lenox, IL on 3-31-07.
My ill-prepared honey mustard chicken mushroom sandwich lunch started to rebell. I rushed to the bathrooms. After taking my choice of urine covered toilets, my bowels emptied. I had to wipe off my toilet seat twice to remove all the urine. I was in the bathroom over half an hour. I missed a good chunk of the movie. Normally I would be in a bad mood. Yet, I was not. It is amazing how a movie can effect your thinking for the better. I felt relaxed. I sat in the bathroom and enjoyed the experience. I was not thinking about what I was missing, but what was going on around me. I listened to the happy patrons talking as the walked past. I heard the movie previews in a new way. I felt at peace. Well, as much as one can in that situation.
-Jason
www.littleenandbigen.com
Viewed at the Kerasotes Theatres in New Lenox, IL on 3-31-07.
My ill-prepared honey mustard chicken mushroom sandwich lunch started to rebell. I rushed to the bathrooms. After taking my choice of urine covered toilets, my bowels emptied. I had to wipe off my toilet seat twice to remove all the urine. I was in the bathroom over half an hour. I missed a good chunk of the movie. Normally I would be in a bad mood. Yet, I was not. It is amazing how a movie can effect your thinking for the better. I felt relaxed. I sat in the bathroom and enjoyed the experience. I was not thinking about what I was missing, but what was going on around me. I listened to the happy patrons talking as the walked past. I heard the movie previews in a new way. I felt at peace. Well, as much as one can in that situation.
-Jason
www.littleenandbigen.com
Wednesday, April 11, 2007
Blades of Glory
Blades of Glory, viewed 3-30-07 at Paramount Theatre in Kankakee, IL
Why was I alone in not laughing during this movie. One line from Will Farrell made me smile but I could not remember it when talking to my wife afterwards.
"Must not of been that funny," she responds.
I have to agree. It really bothered me to be the only frowning person in this movie. Did I not enjoy it because I was in a bad mood? No. I was going on three hours of sleep and one giant shouting match with my boss when I saw Princess Mononoke. I loved that movie. I felt healed. Maybe I didn't enjoy the movie because it was in my hometown. I do hate my hometown. But I saw Blade, Nightmare Before Christmas, Y Tu Mama Tambien and countless other movies I loved at the very same theatre. It is even one of those cool renovated art-deco theaters. No the movie was just not funny.
I once read an article by a noted film critic discussing Mel Brooks' Young Frankenstein. He explained the movie was funny and great because it followed the basic premise of an already good movie. Young Frankenstein explores all the same issues as Frankenstein. It just used humor instead of horror. There was a love of the source material. Unfortunately I found no love in Blades of Glory. The movie was mean spirited. I can not respect that. How is having a man skate as a peacock a loving nod to figure skating. The dance music was horrible. Freaking hair metal. Almost as bad as the GreatfullDead. I am going to stop here because I seek not to spew anymore venom. Suffice to say, after seeing Will Farrell in Stranger than Fiction I will not tolerate any thing less.
-Jason
www.littleenandbigen.com
Why was I alone in not laughing during this movie. One line from Will Farrell made me smile but I could not remember it when talking to my wife afterwards.
"Must not of been that funny," she responds.
I have to agree. It really bothered me to be the only frowning person in this movie. Did I not enjoy it because I was in a bad mood? No. I was going on three hours of sleep and one giant shouting match with my boss when I saw Princess Mononoke. I loved that movie. I felt healed. Maybe I didn't enjoy the movie because it was in my hometown. I do hate my hometown. But I saw Blade, Nightmare Before Christmas, Y Tu Mama Tambien and countless other movies I loved at the very same theatre. It is even one of those cool renovated art-deco theaters. No the movie was just not funny.
I once read an article by a noted film critic discussing Mel Brooks' Young Frankenstein. He explained the movie was funny and great because it followed the basic premise of an already good movie. Young Frankenstein explores all the same issues as Frankenstein. It just used humor instead of horror. There was a love of the source material. Unfortunately I found no love in Blades of Glory. The movie was mean spirited. I can not respect that. How is having a man skate as a peacock a loving nod to figure skating. The dance music was horrible. Freaking hair metal. Almost as bad as the GreatfullDead. I am going to stop here because I seek not to spew anymore venom. Suffice to say, after seeing Will Farrell in Stranger than Fiction I will not tolerate any thing less.
-Jason
www.littleenandbigen.com
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